Create a program and choose the base program

At the end, a named program with a chosen base program is open in the editor. It takes effect as soon as you assign it to a display.

Steps#

Create the program#

1. Open Programs. The page says: “A program says what runs when. Where it runs is decided on the device.” Below it is a tile grid, with one card per program showing the preview of its base program, the name as a link, the counts N program entries and running on N displays (otherwise not assigned to a display), and a menu (⋯) with Open and Delete. Above the grid are Create program and the search field Search programs ….
2. If nothing exists yet, you see No program yet with the explanation “A program collects what should run on your displays: a base program and the times when something else applies.” If the search matches nothing, it says No program found.
3. Click Create program. The portal creates it without an intermediate dialog and jumps into the editor. The new program is called New program, with a number appended if there are several, and starts with the base program Off air.

Set the name#

4. The editor is a page of its own. At the very top, All programs leads back to the overview, below it is the name as an input field, and next to it the badge Not assigned to any device yet or Runs on N devices.
5. Type the name directly into the field, for example “Waiting room”. It is saved as soon as you leave the field or press Enter. The portal reports Saved.

Choose the base program#

6. In the sidebar on the right, the Base program card carries the sentence Runs whenever nothing else is planned. Click Change there.
7. The What should normally run? picker opens four tabs: Scenes · Playlists · Media · Off air, each with a search field and a tile grid. Choose the tile that should run almost all the time. If the display should stay dark in the normal case, use the Choose off air button in the Off air tab.
8. The portal reports Base program changed. The base program cannot be removed, only replaced — it is the answer to the question “and what runs otherwise?”.

1 Name field · 2 Base program card with Change · 3 Tabs of the content choice

Options#

The editor offers a short tour: Shall I show you the schedule editor? — “Four steps: base program, schedule item, weekly plan, device.” Yes, show me starts it, and No thanks closes the offer. During the tour, you work on whatever is currently open.

The editor is laid out in two columns:

Check the result#

• In the weekly plan, the pale area of the base program stretches across every day. The On now card names Base program as the source and adds around the clock.
• The program entry list says Nothing planned yet with the note “Drag across an empty area in the weekly plan to create a program entry.”
• The Runs on card reports Not assigned to any device yet — you assign it on the device. Only this assignment gives the program an effect. Until then, nothing changes on any display.

If something goes wrong#

Related#

• Create, edit, pause, or delete a program entry
• Read the weekly plan
• Assign a program to a display